Three missing after boat capsized Tuesday night

North Carolina-based "Miss Debbie," a 47-foot shrimp boat, found off Georgia coast

Three fisherman are still missing after their boat was recovered Tuesday night off the Georgia coast by responders to an emergency beacon. “Miss Debbie,” a 47-foot shrimp boat based in Swan Quarter, N.C., and owned by Hobo Seafood, was found capsized near Tybee Island, Ga., after severe storms.The Coast Guard, in a Wednesday press release, said it was searching for the three missing fisherman in an area about one mile northeast of Tybee Island. The U.S. Coast Guard Southeast Twitter page said in a post around 8 p.m. Wednesday night that it would continue to search for the missing crew members through the night, but no updates have been give since.

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